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2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

 

Art
  

  • ART 100 - Big Ideas in Art

    Credits: (4)
    College Curriculum: COLL 100
    An exploration of significant questions and integrative concepts in Art, their grounding in the process of scientific discovery and application, and their broader relevance to society. Designed for first-year students. Although topics vary, the courses also seek to improve students’ communication skills beyond the written word.
  

  • ART 140 - Topics in Art

    Credits: (3)
    Course on special topics exploring a specific medium or approach.
  

  • ART 150 - First-Year Seminar

    Credits: (4)
    College Curriculum: COLL 150
    An exploration of a specific topic in Art. A grade of C- or better fulfills the COLL 150 requirement. Although topics vary, the courses emphasize academic writing skills, reading and analysis of texts, and discussion.
  

  • ART 211 - Drawing and Color

    Credits: (3)
    College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
    Domain (Anchored): ALV
    Introduction to visual expressive concerns through lectures and projects in drawing, color and design as they function two-dimensionally.
    Six studio hours. Additional fees apply. See the class schedule for details and amounts.
  

  • ART 212 - Three-dimensional Design: Form and Space

    Credits: (3)
    College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
    Domain (Anchored): ALV
    Creative problem solving in a variety of media dealing with the elements of three-dimensional form (line, surface, volume, mass, color, light, and space) and exploring concepts of image, message, process, style, and expression. May be taken before ART 211 .
    Six studio hours. Additional fees apply. See the class schedule for details and amounts.
  

  • ART 225 - Sculpture: Time

    Credits: (3)
    College Curriculum: COLL 200, ARTS
    Domain (Anchored): ALV
    This studio art course will explore the meaning, nature, and perception of time as understood through studio practice in the visual arts. Class work will consist of a blend of reading and study of literary, philosophical, and scientific works with an emphasis on the changing concepts of time during the early decades of the twentieth century along with the creation of individual artistic work. Projects will focus on issues of historical and collective memory, sustainability, and sculptural form.  This course is intended for students of all abilities and backgrounds and does not require any pre-requisites.
     
    Additional fee required.
  

  • ART 226 - Sculpture: Force & Motion

    Credits: (3)
    College Curriculum: COLL 200, ARTS
    Domain (Anchored): ALV
    Domain (Reaching Out): CSI, NQR
    This course is a multi-disciplinary investigation of the application of force, motion, sensing and control as it applies to the creation of sculpture and other expanded media. The class will explore basic concepts in physics (static forces, tension & compression, torsion, etc.), kinematics, prosthetics, and analog and digital controls. The work will be grounded in readings that span from ancient and medieval European and Islamic sources to 20th century conceptions of automata and prosthetics. This course is intended for students of all abilities and backgrounds and does not require any pre-requisites.
    Additional fee required.
  

  • ART 275 - Study Abroad

    Credits: (3)
    For Studio Art courses taken abroad that do not directly correspond to a Studio Art course offered at William & Mary. While the Art & Art History Department does not offer pre-approval for study abroad, the department’s Chair Associate Chair can assess whether a course is likely to transfer. It is strongly recommended that students contact the Chair or Associate Chair before submitting a study abroad application to the Reves Center’s Global Education Office. For Post-approval consideration, submit the following (in English) to the Chair or Associate Chair upon return to W&M: course syllabus, all examples of visual and written work, and any other course materials not mentioned here.
  

  • ART 309 - Life Drawing I

    Credits: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ART 211 .
    College Curriculum: COLL 200
    Domain (Anchored): ALV
    Domain (Reaching Out): NQR
    Exploration of various drawing concepts using the human figure. 
    Additional fees apply. See the class schedule for details and amounts.
  

  • ART 310 - Life Drawing II

    Credits: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ART 309 .
    College Curriculum: COLL 200
    Domain (Anchored): ALV
    Domain (Reaching Out): NQR
    Continuation of ART 309 .
    Additional fees apply. See the class schedule for details and amounts.
  

  • ART 311 - Drawing

    Credits: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ART 211 .
    Domain (Anchored): ALV
    This course emphasizes drawing skill development beyond the foundational level. Through various 2D media, students will explore formal drawing concerns, including line, value, proportion, perspective, composition, material use, and content.
    Additional fees apply. See the class schedule for details and amounts.
  

  • ART 313 - Architectural Design I

    Credits: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ART 211 , ART 212 .
    Domain (Anchored): ALV
    The discovery of architecture through design with emphasis on basic vocabulary; drafting, perspective, shades and shadows, scale and proportion.
    Additional fees apply. See the class schedule for details and amounts.
  

  • ART 314 - Architectural Design II

    Credits: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ART 313 .
    Domain (Anchored): ALV
    The investigation of the role of the architect with specific design problems and the development of presentation techniques.
    Additional fees apply. See the class schedule for details and amounts.
  

  • ART 315 - Painting: Basic Pictorial Structure

    Credits: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ART 211 .
    Domain (Anchored): ALV
    Introduction to painting with emphasis on objective pictorial structure. Exploration and development of formal, organizational concerns as they relate to painting. Subjects may include objects, landscape and the figure.
    May be repeated for credit. Additional fees apply. See the class schedule for details and amounts.
  

  • ART 316 - Painting: Basic Pictorial Expression

    Credits: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ART 211 .
    Domain (Anchored): ALV
    Introduction to painting with emphasis on how visual elements, dynamics, and handling of the material create envisioned and ex pressive themes. Work from memory, objects, landscape, and the figure stressing and evolving significant forms and symbols.
    May be repeated for credit. Additional fees apply. See the class schedule for details and amounts.
  

  • ART 318 - Composition & Color

    Credits: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ART 211  
    Domain (Anchored): ALV
    This course is geared toward students who want to improve their compositional sense and overall use of color. Special attention will be paid to gestalt principles, the elements and principles of design, and the color theories of Itten and Albers.
  

  • ART 319 - The Figure and the Body I

    Credits: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ART 212  
    Domain (Anchored): ALV
    A study of the human figure in three dimensions. Over the past several decades a new engagement with the figure has emerged that may be described in terms of the body. Through discussions, research, presentation of contemporary artists and outside assignments students will explore the distinction between figure and body. In-class sessions will include modeling directly from life in clay and plaster.
    Additional fees apply. See the class schedule for details and amounts.
  

  • ART 320 - The Figure and the Body II

    Credits: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ART 212 , ART 319 .
    Domain (Anchored): ALV
    A continuation of  ART 319 .
    Additional fees apply. See the class schedule for details and amounts.
  

  • ART 323 - Printmaking - Intaglio and Monotype

    Credits: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ART 211 .
    Domain (Anchored): ALV
    Through a variety of subject matter and techniques including etching, drypoint, aquatint, monotype and monoprint, students will explore both traditional and contemporary approaches to Intaglio and Monotype printmaking.
    Additional fees apply. See the class schedule for details and amounts.
  

  • ART 324 - Relief Printmaking

    Credits: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ART 211  
    Domain (Anchored): ALV
    Through a variety of subject matter and techniques including woodcut, linoleum, and collagraph, students will explore both traditional and contemporary approaches to Relief Printmaking.
    Additional fees apply. See the class schedule for details and amounts.
  

  • ART 325 - Sculpture: Mass

    Credits: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ART 212  or consent of the instructor.
    Domain (Anchored): ALV
    An approach to three-dimensions that utilizes those materials that lend themselves to creating forms with actual mass and volume. Some life observation and mold making will be included. Traditional and contemporary sculptural solutions will be applied.
    Additional fees apply. See the class schedule for details and amounts.
  

  • ART 326 - Space: Real, Virtual, and Imagined

    Credits: (3)
    College Curriculum: COLL 200
    Domain (Anchored): ALV
    Domain (Reaching Out): NQR
    This course focuses on how objects exist within space both real and virtual. The course looks at the experiential differences in those objects that are made materially and by hand with those that are rendered in the computer. This course will introduce students to ways in which data, systems, and structures both inform and motivate the making of three-dimensional objects and spaces, as well as serving as tools of analysis.
    Additional fees apply. See the class schedule for details and amounts.
  

  • ART 327 - Ceramics: Handbuilding I

    Credits: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ART 212 .
    College Curriculum: COLL 200
    Domain (Anchored): ALV
    Domain (Reaching Out): NQR
    Introduction to forming clay using handbuilding processes. Assigned problems will introduce various functional forms, focusing on aesthetics and craftsmanship. Emphasis on invention and creativity, as well as technical processes. Demonstrations, discussions, and image presentations will supplement the course.
    Additional fees apply. See the class schedule for details and amounts.
  

  • ART 328 - Ceramics: Wheel Throwing I

    Credits: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ART 212 .
    Domain (Anchored): ALV
    Introduction to forming clay using the potter’s wheel. Assigned problems will introduce various functional forms, focusing on aesthetics and craftsmanship. Emphasis on invention and creativity, as well as technical processes. Demonstrations, discussions, and image presentations will supplement the course.
    Additional fees apply. See the class schedule for details and amounts.
  

  • ART 331 - Photo I: Film & Darkroom

    Credits: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ART 211  
    Domain (Anchored): ALV
    This course is designed as an introduction to photography, focused primarily on developing creative expression, an understanding and appreciation for light, and mastering techniques in exposure and camera control, film processing, and darkroom printing. Introduction to Photography will consider aspects of photography that led to its invention and work with these principals using large format view cameras to cultivate deliberate compositions, exposures, focusing techniques, gestures, and expressions in order to create nuanced photographs that encourage the imagination.
  

  • ART 332 - Book Arts

    Credits: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ART 211  
    Domain (Anchored): ALV
    This course is designed to give students an understanding of several forms of book binding and stitching. This course will focus on the construction of unique and limited edition books that exist as works of art instead of simply containers for images or words. Students will be simultaneously learning different construction methods while also producing a body of photographic work to be bound into a final book. This course will require critiques throughout the semester to assist in the editing and sequencing phases of photographic book art production. By the end of the course, students will have constructed several types of handmade books. Attention to craft is essential throughout the course, while attention toward concept builds progressively during the semester.
  

  • ART 333 - Photo II: Color & Digital

    Credits: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ART 331  
    Domain (Anchored): ALV
    This course is an exploration of digital imaging techniques including image adjustment and printing methods with an emphasis in color photography. Additionally, students will examine the impact of digitization on the study and practice of photography through lectures, critical readings and class discussions. We will focus on the use of Adobe Photoshop. Students should have basic computer skills; however,
    previous experience in digital imaging is not required. Course time will be divided between lectures, demonstrations, and supervised in-class work time. This is a content driven course, students are encouraged to use the techniques introduced in class to facilitate their ideas and enhance their aesthetic.
  

  • ART 340 - Topics in Art

    Credits: (1-4)
    Prerequisite(s): ART 211  or ART 212 .
    Domain (Anchored): ALV
    Course on special topics exploring a specific medium or approach. Courses under this number satisfy the requirements for the ALV domain.
  

  • ART 408 - Advanced Drawing

    Credits: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ART 310  or  ART 311 .
    Domain (Anchored): ALV
    Advanced work with 2D visual concepts through the practice of drawing. A high degree of individual invention and expression are emphasized. 
    May be repeated for credit. Additional fees apply. See the class schedule for details and amounts.
  

  • ART 409 - Advanced Life Drawing

    Credits: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ART 309 , ART 310 .
    Domain (Anchored): ALV
    This will be an advanced life drawing course involving in depth study of form, anatomy and contemporary concerns regarding figure drawing. A high degree of individual invention and expression are emphasized.
    Repeatable for up to 6 credits. Additional fees apply. See the class schedule for details and amounts.
  

  • ART 410 - Advanced Painting

    Credits: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ART 315  and ART 316 , two semesters of either ART 315  or ART 316 , or consent of instructor required.
    Domain (Anchored): ALV
    A continuation of ART 316  with more complex problems in the materials, methods and concerns of painting. Students will focus on an independent project beyond assigned class work. Possible field trip.
    May be repeated for credit. Additional fees apply. See the class schedule for details and amounts.
  

  • ART 412 - Advanced Printmaking

    Credits: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ART 323 , ART 324 .
    Domain (Anchored): ALV
    Students will work on printmaking projects of a self-chosen technique and theme which will advance their conceptual and technical understanding of the print medium. In addition, each student will receive individual instruction in lithography.
    May be repeated for credit. Additional fees apply. See the class schedule for details and amounts.
  

  • ART 416 - Ceramics: Handbuilding II

    Credits: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ART 327 .
    College Curriculum: COLL 200
    Domain (Anchored): ALV
    Domain (Reaching Out): NQR
    Advanced methods of forming clay using handbuilding processes, with a technical and conceptual approach to issues concerning functional ceramics. Greater emphasis on design and expression, as well as technical aspects of the ceramic process, including glaze formulation and kiln firing.
    May be repeated for credit. Additional fees apply. See the class schedule for details and amounts.
  

  • ART 417 - Ceramics: Wheel-Throwing II

    Credits: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ART 328  
    Domain (Anchored): ALV
    Advanced methods of forming clay using the potter’s wheel, with a technical and conceptual approach to issues concerning functional ceramics. Greater emphasis on design and expression, as well as the technical aspects of the the ceramic process, including glaze formulation and kiln firing.
    May be repeated for credit.
  

  • ART 418 - Advanced Architecture

    Credits: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ART 313 , ART 314 .
    Domain (Anchored): ALV
    This studio will explore architectural issues using both two-dimensional and three-dimensional media. Students will engage in a series of investigations that examine the historic, symbolic, technical and environmental issues that inform contemporary architecture.
    May be repeated for credit. Additional fees apply. See the class schedule for details and amounts.
  

  • ART 420 - Advanced Sculpture: Topics

    Credits: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ART 325 , or  ART 326 , or consent of instructor.
    Domain (Anchored): ALV
    This course will investigate sculptural issues through a conceptual framework. Materials and processes will be examined as they relate to a selected topic for example: Space; Body; Authorship, Originality, and Authenticity; Collaboration; Site; Drawing for Sculptors. Courses under this number satisfy the requirements for the ALV domain.
    Additional fees apply. See the class schedule for details and amounts.
  

  • ART 430 - Photography Portfolio: Darkroom

    Credits: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ART 331  
    Domain (Anchored): ALV
    This course is designed to help you develop your photographic art practice.  This course provides you with the time, facilities, equipment, and instruction to build a body of photographic work of your choosing, based largely in analog, film, and darkroom processes.  While the digital photography lab will be open to you outside of class, during our class meeting times, you will be working predominately in the wet lab.  You should gear your project ideas, materials, and processes accordingly.  You can work with anything from 35mm, medium format, to large format photography.

    Material and process are important choices to be considered, and are made with the end artworks’ purpose in mind. ART 430 will introduce principals of the photography portfolio, exhibition, publishing, best practices for launching and sustaining a creative career and/or graduate school preparations.

    Additionally, you will work towards a better understanding of your work within the context of contemporary art. Class time will be divided between portfolio planning, artist presentations and discussions in contemporary photographic practices, and class critique. This course may include field trips to see regional exhibitions of contemporary photography. The culmination of this course is a well-developed, cohesive portfolio of your work. This is an advanced photography seminar with an emphasis on the development of your ideas and the honing of your technique.

    ART 430 can be taken more than once to further develop a student’s photography portfolio.  Students enrolled in Photography Portfolio: Darkroom during subsequent semesters may be given alternative course requirements to further their personal research to include additional readings, photography book editing, sequencing, and publishing, or various other projects that are tailored to the specific student’s needs.

    Above all else, this course is designed to allow students to experiment with ideas, to push ideas through to completion or exhaustion, to receive critical feedback from their peers and instructor, and to begin building a sustainable creative practice.
    Course may be repeated it topic varies, up to 9 credits.

  

  • ART 431 - Photography Portfolio: Digital

    Credits: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ART 331  
    College Curriculum: ALV
    This course is designed to help you develop your photographic art practice.  This course provides you with the time, facilities, equipment, and instruction to build a body of photographic work of your choosing, based largely in digital methodologies.  While the film and darkroom lab will be open to you outside of class, during our class meeting times, you will be working predominately in the digital lab.  You should gear your project ideas, materials, and processes accordingly.  Digital cameras, scanners, and printers will be available to you.  It is also possible to work with film during this course, but development will need to either happen outside of class or be coordinated with the instructor.

    Material and process are important choices to be considered, and are made with the end artworks’ purpose in mind. ART 431 will introduce principals of the photography portfolio, exhibition, publishing, best practices for launching and sustaining a creative career and/or graduate school preparations.

    Additionally, you will work towards a better understanding of your work within the context of contemporary art. Class time will be divided between portfolio planning, artist presentations and discussions in contemporary photographic practices, and class critique. This course may include field trips to see regional exhibitions of contemporary photography. The culmination of this course is a well-developed, cohesive portfolio of your work. This is an advanced photography seminar with an emphasis on the development of your ideas and the honing of your technique.

    ART 431 can be taken more than once to further develop a student’s photography portfolio.  Students enrolled in Photography Portfolio: Digital during subsequent semesters may be given alternative course requirements to further their personal research to include additional readings, photography book editing, sequencing, and publishing, or various other projects that are tailored to the specific student’s needs.

    Above all else, this course is designed to allow students to experiment with ideas, to push ideas through to completion or exhaustion, to receive critical feedback from their peers and instructor, and to begin building a sustainable creative practice.
  

  • ART 440 - Topics in Art

    Credits: (1-3)
    Prerequisite(s): ART 211 , ART 212 , and a 300 level course.
    Topics in art will explore a specific medium or approach.
  

  • ART 443 - Advanced Studio - Independent Study

    Credits: (1-3)
    Prerequisite(s): ART 211 , ART 212 , and appropriate 300 level courses and consent of instructor.
    Domain (Anchored): ALV
    Additional fees apply. See the class schedule for details and amounts.
  

  • ART 461 - Capstone I

    Credits: (2)
    Prerequisite(s): ART 211  and ART 212  
    College Curriculum: COLL 400
    Domain (Anchored): ALV
    This course (Capstone I) will focus on instilling good studio research methods. Through studio art projects, critiques readings, critical discussions, artists’ talks, and studio visits, students will examine their own working processes and the methodologies of others to develop an overall awareness of how their own studio research habits enable or hinder process and output. In addition, students will also research thematic, stylistic, and conceptual commonalities through a sustained sketchbook project that spans the first two semesters of the three-semester Capstone sequence.
  

  • ART 462 - Capstone II

    Credits: (2)
    Prerequisite(s): ART 211  and ART 212  and ART 461  
    College Curriculum: COLL 400
    This course (Capstone II) will focus on producing original student artworks. Through studio art projects, critiques,  public sketchbook exhibition, lectures, demos, artists’ talks, and sketchbooks assignments, students will synthesize previous course work to narrow their focus towards a cohesive body of work in preparation for the senior exhibition. Students will research thematic, stylistic, and conceptual commonalities through a sustained sketchbook project that spans the first two semesters of the three-semester Capstone sequence. In addition, this course will also continue to address professional practices and discuss post undergraduate options such as graduate school and the various professions in the visual arts.
  

  • ART 463 - Capstone III

    Credits: (1)
    Prerequisite(s): ART 211  and ART 212  and ART 461  and ART 462  
    College Curriculum: COLL 400
    Students will participate in critiques, learn about professional practice standards and present a final exhibition of their studio work.
    Graded: P/F
  

  • ART 495 - Senior Honors in Art

    Credits: (3)
    Information available from the department website and the Charles Center.
  

  • ART 496 - Senior Honors in Art

    Credits: (3)
    Information available from the department website and the Charles Center.